From: olleo@sics.se (Olle Olsson) Subject: Re: Windows98 + inetutils 22 Sep 1998 22:37:27 -0700 Message-ID: <36079E63.444EF684.cygnus.gnu-win32@sics.se> References: <199809211516.MAA07773@swan2.uspnet.usp.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Hilton Fernandes Cc: Stipe Tolj , gnu-win32@cygnus.com, Hilton Fernandes Being able to mimic an ordinary Unix way of handling users/groups/passwords/... via "/etc"-files seems like useful approach. The core API functionality remains the same to a large extent, the difference is only in where things are stored and updated. To what extent can one have *one* implementation of the API? What if there are /etc files on an NT, should these or the NT-owned structures be used. Presumably, as Windows95 (Windows98?) is weak on security, the NT-way of handling it should be used on the NT, while on Windows9x the file-based approach is taken. This would enable a wider portability, something that simplifies management of the system. /olle Hilton Fernandes wrote: > On 13 Sep 98 at 22:31, Stipe Tolj wrote: > > > > But it gets the password from the NT SAM ! > > > > yes, it does on NT. But since I'm on an Win98 box, I'm using a patched login.c > > file in my case. > > > > Hello Stipe, > > that would be a good addition to CygWin. It add one more feature > for the poor Win 9X user, previously available only for the NT > users. > > What Cygnus people think about it? > > Regards, > --Hilton > > > -- > > Stipe Tolj - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".